This paper presents an improved Zero-Voltage-Transition Technique (ZVTTechnique) in a single-phase active power factor correction circuit based on a dc-dc boost converter topology and operated in a continuous-inductor-current mode with fixed-switching frequency control. An additional circuit for reducing the turn-off switching loss of the auxiliary switching circuit was applied. Experimental wo...

The combination of non-linear control and linear control proposed in [1] provides very fast transient response (voltage step from 1 V to 1.5 V in 2 μs). This non-linear control is based on hysteretic control of the Cout current. This system is very sensitive to effects like aging, temperature, input and output voltage variation, etc., that modify the switching frequency. This paper proposes a f...

The small-signal modeling technique based on the extended describing function concept is applied to LCC resonant converters. The analytical model developed includes both frequency control and phase-shift control. The small-signal equivalent circuit models are also derived and implemented in PSPICE. The models are in good agreement with the measurement data. 1. INTRODUCTION An LCC resonant conve...

Cerebellar Purkinje cells in vitro fire recurrent sequences of Sodium and Calcium spikes. Here, we analyze the Purkinje cell using harmonic analysis, and our experiments reveal that its output signal is comprised of three distinct frequency bands, which are combined using Amplitude and Frequency Modulation (AM/FM). We find that the three characteristic frequencies - Sodium, Calcium and Switchin...

Most strains of Candida albicans are capable of switching frequently and reversibly between a number of phenotypes distinguishable by colony morphology. A number of different switching systems have been defined according to the limited set of phenotypes in each switching repertoire, and each strain appears to possess a single system. Switching can affect many aspects of cellular physiology and ...

The stability of the free-running hydrogen maser is limited by pulling of the unperturbed hydrogen transition frequency due to instability of the cavity resonance frequency. Zh~o automatic approaches to cavity stabiliz@zzatlon have been used successfully infield operabb atomic hydrogen masers in the past. One method is based upon the '!~pin-exchan@" tuning procedure and was wed in marers constr...

pulse-width modulated (pwm) adjustable frequency drives (afds) are extensively used in industries for control of induction motors. it has led to significant advantages in terms of the performance, size, and efficiency but the output voltage waveform no longer remains sinusoidal. hence, overshoots, high rate of rise, harmonics and transients are observed in the voltage wave. they increase voltag...